Like the sacrifices many Christians make during the Lent season, Smela said the Ash Wednesday service is meant to prepare ...

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Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer ... St. Joseph High School, which is physically connected to the church, had its student take part in distributing ashes during the service.

Ava Werner gets ashes as she attends Ash Wednesday Mass with other students from Juan Diego High School, St. John the Baptist Elementary and St. John the Baptist Middle School at Juan Diego High ...

A student at St. Peter's Catholic School in Mansfield is marked with ashes on Ash Wednesday in 2023. Catholics aren’t supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday, and those aged 18 to 59 are asked by ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer ... he has burned palms in the past to replenish the parish stock. He also enlists students from St. Joseph High School in Harrison to help him distribute ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

This week included a milestone in some houses of worship, with March 5 being Ash Wednesday — the start ... at St. Mary's, had the student body of the church's school among his listeners and ...

Students from St. Peter School on the opposite ... Adults, families and children attended other services throughout the day for Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day of fasting and prayer.

Students with Holy Trinity Catholic School and Pre-School also visited on Ash Wednesday to receive the rite. The season — observed by Roman Catholics, Lutherans and several other Christian ...